Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-08

nsh food (Or minnoW fOod, perhaps, VIII oe
better undsrs,ood) will lnjare the ~ fsh'
lug. just the contrary IL the fact Trout
and salmon will rise 10 the ny even with
mlunows In their mouths. Fish love change
and novelty a. well a. "whlte folks. "
webb's Pond, In the town OF Weld, IL noted
for It's fne plckerel and trout The trlbu.
,ary inlsts OF the pond are large and OF
swim running water over q gravelly and
rocky bottom, sfordlng abundant proiec.
ton 10 The trout from the vile plckereL
The pond l. full OF smelts. indigenous 10
the locality. Ten years since We CON.
msneed ekins this pond with land. locked
salmon. Some few OF the FRY We Intro
ducsi were from Sebsgo salmon eggs. ou,
the main supply was from Grand Lake
Stream. The Increase OF these fsh In their
new locality IL traly wonderful. many OF all
Sizes from one 10 elgh, pounds being yearly
tskep on both ~ and bait. In the spring
OF the present year, sspent male salmon
was taken. that weighed eleven lbs. aud
two on. This nsh u 10 full condition must
have weighed nftesn or sixteen lbs, prob
ably more.
On q recent visit OF the Commissioners
% The pretty little village OF Weld, ihey
found The people quite elaied over their
I
grounds We rode some distance, striking
the Bowley Brook al gulte remote point
/ from the lake. We then strollef along
the banks OF the stream. fading salmon Ia
almost every pool where there was water
enough to allow the nsh 10 obtain access
10 IL IL Was 81 q season OF almost un.
prece,ien,esi drouih aud the number OF nsh
both surprised aud delighted us. one
woald have thoughi the scarcity Of water
| ln the brook would have rendered The as
cen, OF the nsh 10 the distance We were
| ron The pond insurmountsble. The In
hsbitants are fully sppreciaiive Of the yalne
OF their hssu,lfni lake and iis fne salmon
fishing.
sebago L,ke has been to us great
/ source OF expense and trouble. More mo-
/ ney for warisns 10 patrol the country In
Tested by The posehsrs Was repaired than
We bad The means 10 provide. Every water
course required is guard. oar only re-
source % save the few salmon len In Se-
baro waters has been 10 bald . weir stop
ping ever nsh A. near the mouih OF The
/ river A. possible, ~ tAke the spawn OF every
ascending salmon and hatch The prOiaet
at. house ballt a. couveulen, polni ior
the parpo.s, al - be tarnei back Into
one og The mO-t popular hshlng resorts In
the country, and of ines,imAblc yslns 20
Portland snd al the railroads esnisring
there.
The demand upon us for iani.loeked
salmon FRY has been lN In excess OF oar
supply OF It's possibilities. Ia most cases
The water. proposed 20 be stocked were
entirely unsuitable. We trust The re-
marks We have made above a. io the ne
oes.liy OF the progeny OF some spring'
spavnlng dwarf FISHES, 10 supply their
nrsi, OF what We have Designated their
milk fool. will leaf 10 more ilserimint'
ilou In applications In the future. To THIS
We will only add. that In every Instance
there must b. spawning grouni fof the
salmon. In either the inlei or The oai-
lei Of the proposed locality 20 be stocked.
We have referred n our being compellei
% couuive some method OF checking the
poachlng on Crooked River, which icsulisi
/ In our device o, The fence weir built dl'
rcc,ly across The river al The nesrest &C
cesslhle point 10 its mouth. With Aplsnk
walk ou top. ~ enable msn With . rake
20 clear away any refuse collecting be-
tween the rails OF The fence. eniangefing
the safety of the structure from any sud-
denly ocearring aoiumn freshet from
time immemoriN The spearing ot these nsh
has been the only method OF taxing them
by the local inhablisnts, and IL continued
down 70 the preseni day. until The nsh
have become almosi extinct Oar weir
has been amply sufficient 10 take and hold
al the ascending nsh. II the lake could
now number one salmon 10 sn acre OF VA
ter. VIC should have Repaired veirs capable
OF holding a. many hundreds A. We have
nov units.
We copy from one OF our previous re-
ports q memorial 10 the has.Aehnseiis
Legislature. a. the time when Maine was
part OF her territory. and for which We are
indebted 10 J. y. Pratt, NJ. ID, OF Chelsea'
Mass
70 tAs HoAorisls. ne S,nais dHi ne House
of Rsprsssnid'ircs - ~ Commonwealth
of MisdsAss,,ii, Ia GSasral Court a.
ssulifi.
Tho petition Of the subscriber, inhAbitlnE
near Crooked River humbly .ho-eth that In
| sAii river IL Kind Of trOui of On uncommon
sIe. weighing from thrce to foafiesn pounds.
some have ben caught which weishei rF.n-
teen rounds. These hsh run up The riN.f IN the
months OF september ani Octobef. bat are
scarce ~ all other time. Of ihe YEAR. They
have been. And might continue 10 n, Ncry nen
tnciAl to al Who inhAbit near said river. which
/ runs frIlIu POM IN UtfufNs utaf nEAltA "fANa
erlv line. frUui thence u run. through ssid Ga.
fori and through Waterford, part of NORWAY
AL of fhiiiips Sors. Otisneld. AMI psft OF
gAymondio-n into gore bet-een llsJ monl.
| town AMI flintston. where n falls Into rongp
River and with it into the Great rebAgo foni.
These fsh have for several years been pre-
venici nom passing % sail fltef ~ ssiis
built wholly across the water BY The inhAbli-
ants near the mouth thcrcof, and - there Il no
iAv "a prevent them. they not only boast oi
having svAiis-i themselves OF AL ths benefit OF
the Cab In years past. but declare they ate de
tsrmined 10 10 II In futlre. IA the grcAt injury
% the otner inhabitants above them. who have
Tor ought % have equal rtghts 20 the oenent
~ the ish. We therSfore humbly request your
HOnOurs ~ take the case into yoar considers
ton, and 20 make . lac for preventing the OBJ
struction of these n.h IN sail river AMI IL con.
| nectiOns In IN. months OF september AMI oc-
tober, and a. In duty boabd viii ever pray;
A.asi fo.,sr, osxoo.i Carleton, jonathan Riggs.
John scrtDnsr. rimon scribner. W wlllOushby
scribner. Thomas Wight. David Hay, DAn
MOrse. Marx knight. iona Moor. o.good
West. Carleton spafr. seorge Pierre, Isaac
HArtleit. EleAIer bartlett. John larilett.
John kllborn. Jr.. william shAttnck. Dan
lei Holden. Joseph scribner, Timothy Ter
nAld. samuel knight. Joseph Morse. Joseph
spur. Jr.. samuel spur. David fhuIston,
Joshua LeAyiti, John Carleton. David Car
Teton.
Leave 70 bring In AbllL
The rulnous custom OF speaFing fish on
| thelr tpAWulul Oci-s Nultu ~ st'eStf
cowardly remnant OF bsrbarism Inherited
from the Indians. is so widespread sn evil
In our State. that We know OF no method
so economical as the one We have adopted
A. Sebago OF Restocking and preserving
our waters, aud At the same time dlscour-
aging the destructive poaching methods.
Eyery one OF these criminal forms OF vast
Ing the needed food OF the people. whether
OF girdling fruit trees, destroying rsh
with dynamite or on their spawning beds,
erust-huuiing game or In close time, should
be punished by imprisonment As well As
fnes.
oar supply OF lsnd.lockei salmon has
ever been necessarily limited, inssmuch as
our supply OF spawning nsh IL limited. Oh
our sea salmon, our supply has no limii
bot our capacity 10 purchase. We can al
ways buy a. the welrs ~ many fish ~ We
can ind means OF paying for, while q.
Grand Lake Stream our waters are limited
and the crop OF nsh IL proporiions,e. A
new 1eld has been opened 10 Us from our
recent experiment at Crooked River, Seba'
20 Lake, the large size OF our nsh taken
there yielding many hundreds OF eggs per